• Lawyers heckle ex-principal in special CBI court
    Times of India | 11 September 2024
  • Former RG Kar Medical College and Hospital's principal Sandip Ghosh (ANI) KOLKATA: Former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital Sandip Ghosh, who has been arrested by CBI in connection with financial irregularities, was on Tuesday sent to jail along with three other accused till Sept 23, after the central agency did not seek his immediate further remand.

    Ghosh, who had been remanded in CBI custody on Sept 3, was heckled by lawyers when he was produced in the court of special CBI judge Sujit Kumar Jha.The court had earlier turned down CBI's prayer for virtual production of the accused.

    Under CrPC Section 167, a magistrate is allowed to grant police custody for up to 15 days. However, the probe agency reserved its right to seek further custody of Ghosh for seven more days at a later date.
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